"Made in Sheffield" 1830-1930, A golden age ?

wellington, Im sure I am not the only one that is drooling over your photos...What lovely knives, thank you very much for sharing.
I agree..your choice of words are absolutely spot-on...pristine is what describes that beautifull Ivory knife....wow....just wow!!
 
wagglebee said:
How many of these vintage Sheffields do you actually own Mick?
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I've a pretty modest pile Rob, not enough..:D.

Thanks for all the positive comments on the knives guys !.

If I had to pick just one of the four whittlers shown on the previous page it would be the pearl T.E.W Wharnie, that knife has a kind of aura, immaculate fit, finish, blade grinds, the extra fine gauge scale pins etc, typical high end late Victorian quality.

Here's another example, a large sleeveboard whittler, it's been used, sharpened and cleaned, but nonetheless, I think, very worthy of being included in this thread.

Marked RODGERS CUTLERS TO HIS MAJESTY, SHEFFIELD made C1910 ish ?, measuring 4 5/8" closed, brass liners, wonderful stag scales, nickel silver tipped, two pen blades. All the blades have silky smooth but very sure walk and talk. The pocket blade is full length,

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Thanks for looking..Mick
 
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wellington said:
I've a pretty modest pile Rob, not enough..:D.
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I don't have any. I look every time I'm at a flea market or antique shop, but I've never had any luck. I guess I may just have to go on eBay and hope for the best.

That large sleeveboard whittler is outstanding!
 
Hello Mick
Sorry for posting such a wreck amongst your amazing collection but I figured if anyone knew what this knife was it would be you. It's marked Rodgers ( To His majesty).
What His majesty would you think it is? The handles are ivory. Have you seen a nail nick in the handle before, it looks original but I am certainly not an expert. Do you think it's original or added later? As you can see by the bad pictures it has ivory filling in the blade slots.

Any info would be great.

Best regards

Robin

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That's an unusual quill/penknife Robin :thumbup:, not seen one quite like it, old early 19C, it looks all original. I can't tell from the pics how the blades and hole line up, could be quill cutter ?. I'll add a few further thoughts later.

Thanks for showing..:Mick
 
Thanks so much Mick. If you look at the master blade on the side without the scale nick you can barely see a double plunge just below the nick on the blade. The blade is sharp there and falls right at the scale nick. Both blades filled their slots at one time and when you compress the master the blade does cross the scale nick. To be honest I hadn't noticed that the scale nick was also cut through the brass liner. I love old interesting wrecks, this is one of my favourites.

Thanks again

Best regards

Robin
 
Hi Robin,

Thanks for the reply, you've a super VERY RARE old knife !.

The blades are likely marked G(crown)R King George or W(crown)R William IV, the marks are probably worn ?.

Thinking about it I've only seen that type of nib cutting guillotine, the spine of the blade depressed to cut the quill, once before, and that was on a very fancy French quill machine.

Mick
 
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cutlersedge said:
pipeman, can we see a closeup pic of the nailnick in the side scale? Thanks

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I'll have to dig out my tripod, just can't hold the camera still enough on macro setting. I'll try to get it on tonight but may miss the light so will do tomorrow.

Regards

Robin
 
wellington said:
Hi Robin,

Thanks for the reply, you've a super VERY RARE old knife !.

The blades are likely marked G(crown)R King George or W(crown)R William IV, the marks are probably worn ?.

Thinking about it I've only seen that type of nib cutting guillotine, the spine of the blade depressed to cut the quill, once before, and that was on a very fancy French quill machine.

Mick
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Hello Mick
The marks are very worn, the R (rex) is clear there may be bits of the crown left and if i were to hazard a guess I would say there is a piece of a W.
H and S are clear in HIS and majesty is clear, all on the small blade.
The only mark remaining on the master is RODGERS all capitals at the base of the tang.

Thanks again

Regards

Robin
 
Fascinating, not only a rare knife but a shape and pattern I've never seen before, really elegant style.

A knife from George IV (or could it be III?) or William IV means it's 1820s or 1830s some find:thumbup: Must be the oldest knife I've seen on this forum too.
 
Here's another large whittler, at a guess, somewhat older than the Rodgers sleeveboard shown at the top of this page, seen plenty of use, probably carried in some guys pocket for many years, worth showing though, as it's a really attractive pattern.

A large serpentine wharncliffe three bladed whittler, marked STEARS on all three blades, measures 4 1/2" closed, sunken joints, the master blade has been well sharpened, the pen and coping blades have square ended tangs and both have a full profile, Brass liners . I can't find any information on the maker, guessing the knife is quite old C1850s ?.

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Thanks for looking..Mick
 
Pipeman said:
That's a beautiful whittler Mick, my favourite pattern, currently. ;-)
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Delighted you like the old Stears Robin, superficially it has a little wear and tare, but it's still very decent. One of the features of the knife I really like is the birds-eye ornamentation of the three larger rivet heads on each scale, really nice.

Mick
 
wellington said:
Delighted you like the old Stears Robin, superficially it has a little wear and tare, but it's still very decent. One of the features of the knife I really like is the birds-eye ornamentation of the three larger rivet heads on each scale, really nice.

Mick
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Wow that is a dandy knife, Mick. The "rivets" is the first thing that caught my eye. I wonder at the detail of such a knife. I sure would like to know how they made those pins look like that.
 
KnifeHead said:
Wow that is a dandy knife, Mick. The "rivets" is the first thing that caught my eye. I wonder at the detail of such a knife. I sure would like to know how they made those pins look like that.
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Hi Kerry,

Not sure how those birds-eye rivets were done, they look really good. I do know it's a very old form of decoration going way back to Roman times, usually it's seen on mid to late Victorian pruners and such like, five pins per side.

Mick
 
Yes, those Bird's Eye rivets really are splendid! The whole outline of this Whittler has a kind of 'Moby' look to it, reminiscent of a whale.
 
willgoy said:
Yes, those Bird's Eye rivets really are splendid! The whole outline of this Whittler has a kind of 'Moby' look to it, reminiscent of a whale.
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That's an interesting analogy willgoy, it is rather reminisent of a whale, I have to agree :D

Though with it's blades opened ..........
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Mick
 
Hi there, well all I can say is wow!!..everyone who has posted heir stunning knives in this thread...there are those of you who are VERY lucky owners...stunning knives.
I think that it may be a general consensus that the good ol' Stag just cannot be beaten..sorry if these are not original words to this thread-but so true...here is my G.Woodhead Bowie...

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Mick..you have some stunning knives-as do all the participating forum members who have joined in...I hope mine holds enough interest to join these beautifull knives...please, lets keep those photos of your knives rolling in...dont be pigs, and let us all enjoy just a little of 'em :D
 
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